Rip Van Winkle, The Man Who Slept for Twenty Years: American Folktale of Time and Change
At the foot of the misty Catskill Mountains in colonial New York, there once lived a good-natured man named Rip Van Winkle. Rip was beloved by everyone in his small Dutch village. He mended fences for his neighbors, helped children fly kites, and was always ready with a friendly word or a helping hand. Yet for all his kindness, Rip
